Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken

This slow cooker buffalo chicken is juicy, spicy, and simple! Onion and boneless, skinless chicken breasts are covered in a buffalo sauce mixture for a healthy and ultra versatile protein. This healthy crockpot buffalo chicken is great in sandwiches, on salads, and more!

I’ve had a slow cooker for ten months now but I’ve never posted a true slow cooker recipe. What is up with that!? I use it alllllll the time for pulled chicken, pulled pork, soups – you name it.

The slow cooker is one of my favorite methods to cook up a bunch of protein on a Sunday and use throughout the week. Best of all, it’s hands-off to the max! Put things in, go about your day, and take things out. Someone tell me why it took me so long to buy one?

Now that I’ve gotten my slow cooker sea legs, it was about time I branched out and whipped up my own recipe. Thankfully slow cooker experimentation is fairly low risk. Add protein of choice, veggies, liquid(s) and spices, cover, and set the heat. All you have to do is make sure it’s plugged in, and you’re golden.

This slow cooker buffalo chicken is one of my new favorites. A diced onion and boneless, skinless chicken breasts are added to the slow cooker, with a spicy buffalo sauce mixture poured over top. The spice factor all comes from the sauce you use, so pick one that fits in with your tastes. I have a serious thing for Frank’s Red Hot Wings sauce so that’s what I used, and the spice was juuuuust right.

Can I tell you how many ways we ate this chicken? In sandwiches like that picture up there (I totally dug in after that photo was taken), over salads, in a quesadilla…sometimes even by itself! I’m already reserving some of my next batch for a simpler than simple buffalo chicken grilled cheese. Give me all the buffalo please!!

This recipe is great as a Game Day main dish and makes a great meal prep protein. The sauce is spicy and tangy, providing a ton of heathy flavor you can use in lots of different ways. Pretty versatile if you ask me.

Slow cooker buffalo chicken recipe notes:

As written below, this recipe is spicy! A drizzle of ranch dressing on a serving would cool it down some and provide a nice complementary flavor.

This slow cooker buffalo chicken is juicy, spicy, and simple! Onion and boneless, skinless chicken breasts are covered in a buffalo sauce mixture for a healthy and ultra versatile protein. Great in sandwiches, on salads, and more!

Course:
Slow Cooker

Cuisine:
American

Servings: 6(estimated)

Calories: 149kcal

Author: Alyssa

Ingredients

1onion,diced

3large boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 3/4cupFrank's Red Hot Wings sauce

1/4cupapple cider vinegar

1tspseasoned salt

1tspdried parsley

3/4tspground black pepper

1/2tspgarlic powder

1/4tsponion powder

1/8tspdried thyme

1/4tspdried dill

1/2tspdried oregano

Instructions

Add diced onion to the bottom of the slow cooker and then chicken breasts. In a bowl, combine all other ingredients. Pour over chicken breasts, ensuring that the slow cooker is at least half full, and no more than three-quarters of the way full.

Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken to cutting board and shred using two forks (it should shred easily once done). Place shredded chicken back in the crock pot and stir so that chicken is combined evenly with the onions and sauce. Serve on sandwiches, over salads, in quesadillas, and more!

Recipe Notes

Nutritional info is for a serving of chicken and sauce, and does not include a sandwich roll or whatever you will serve it with.

Comments

Hi Pam, I understand what you’re saying. While I can’t control what people comment, 18 of the ‘star’ ratings came from people who did not leave a comment, presumably from people who made the recipe. If you are on Pinterest, this pin of the recipe includes 19 comments from people who have made it: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/180988478754399568/

Believe it or not, I don’t even own a slowcooker! I guess I always think of them only as things people use to cook food while they are away and that has always and the thought of having something cooking while no one was home always scared me! But maybe I should get one so I can cook something delicious while I’m home doing other things!

Oh man this is one tasty looking meal. I need to use my slow cooker more. Don’t mention it to my hubby though cause he always gives me a hard time about not using it. Hehe. I could drink and eat this for days!! Mmmm Mmmm.

Hi! I'm Alyssa, a twenty-something podcast junkie with a penchant for baking, boots, and pretty little things. Also strong coffee and spunky dogs. There's a good chance I can be found in the kitchen, wearing sequins, and dreaming of DIY. ♥